Angela Bularga

1. Future of EUWI in Eastern
Partnership countries
EUWI EECCA WG Meeting,
13 May 2016
Directorate General
Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
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Angela Bularga, Programme Manager

2. New Strategic Regional Approach
 Address joint challenges in priority areas
 Move from multiple projects to strategic sector approach
 Place ownership at the core of every action, with countries steering actions
and driving change
 Demonstrate concrete benefits to the citizens
 Increase coordination of regional and bilateral support, and support from
other donors
 Allow for differentiation of national-level activities
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3. Role of Partner Countries
• Identify needs, priorities, and areas where the country itself invests
• Provide contributions – e.g. project focal points, other staff, office space,
meeting space
• Actively participate, guide and steer the implementation
• Share experience with other countries
• Bring lessons learnt into EaP Panels and Platforms
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4. Environment and Climate Change Panel
• Chaired by DG ENV and DG CLIMA with inputs from DG NEAR
• An Informal Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting on
environment took place in Minsk in June 2015
• A formal Eastern Partnership Ministerial is planned for 18
October 2016 in Luxembourg, back-to-back with the EU
Environmental Council
• Panel members met in February 2016 and will convene on
26-27 May 2016 to discuss a draft Ministerial Declaration
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5. The “Water Cluster”: On-going Regional Projects
Improving
Environmental
Monitoring in the Black
Sea - EMBLAS II
(EUR 2.8 M)
implementation
period until
31 May 2018
Environmental
Protection of
International River
Basins
(EUR 7.56 M)
extended until
29 October 2016
Support to the EU
Water Initiative (EUWI)
in Eastern Europe,
Caucasus and Central
Asia
(EUR 3.2 M)
extended until
31 May 2016
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6. EUWI+ East : Key information
• DG NEAR budget allocation of EUR 23.5 M (plus
contributions from implementing agencies) – some
4 years of implementation
• Objectives:
• Facilitate the approximation of, and compliance with, the
EU Water Framework Directive
• Further improve trans-boundary river basins management
• Implementation by the OECD, UNECE, and a
consortium of EU Member States – on-going
discussions
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7. Planning for 2016
• Side event during the Batumi Ministerial
Conference (8 Огту 2016)
• Finalisation of administrative arrangements
• Inception phase to be launched in September
2016
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8. Questions for discussion: Shaping up the EUWI+ East
Вопросы для обсуждения
• What practices, which showed to
be effective in the past, should
be maintained in the new phase?
• What capacity building tools and
approaches have proven to be
most effective?
• How do you see the
programme’s governance
arrangements?
• What “tangible results” do you
expect to be achieved?
• What input could partner
countries provide?
• Какие методы работы,
показавшие свою эффективность
в прошлом, следует сохранить в
новой фазе?
Какие инструменты и подходы
наращивания потенциала
наиболее действенны?
Как вы видите механизмы и
структуру управления в рамках
новой программы?
Как "ощутимые результаты" вы
ожидаете вследствии новой
программы?
• Какой вклад могут обеспечить
страны-партнеры? 8

9. You are most welcome to provide written input
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Angela Bularga
Angela.bularga@ec.europa.eu